Bribe me sempai

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bahahahhaha, be BRIBED:

The attacks after point rain swept Obi-Wan’s face, armor, robes in fine grains of Geonosian sand—sand that could come right off with a few good wipes, always leaving the cloth dirtier than the man.  In a desert, water is a luxury. Obi-Wan ensured that every active soldier on Geonosis received enough water for hydration as well as a nightly spongebath, and he and Cody were no exceptions. But it was always their eyes on the requisition requests, their eyes on the remaining supplies, their eyes on the casualty reports whenever the medics ran out of clean gauze and resorted to soil-stained cloth. For he and Cody, hydration and sponge baths were luxuries, too. They made a contest out of it—in using the fewest drops from their canteens to dampen the least dusty sections of their sleeves. Afterward, they sat together and took turns nursing the mud out of each other’s sweat-damp hair.  When the war is over, Cody once said, I think I’ll find the sandiest rock out there. Buy a couple of sandwraps and a good healthy dewback. Set up camp somewhere out there. In love with the weather that much, are you? Beats getting drenched in rain. Because that was Kamino—a desert of saltwater dunes as blue as the sweltering sky that Obi-Wan stands under now.  Tatooine sand isn’t like the sand of Geonosis. Sponge baths leave only crusty caked-up rings around the ankles, wrists, and neck. Hosing things down clogs up equipment with thick layers of mud. Even the atmosphere—heavy and dry—peels flakes of skin from hardened, calloused knuckles.  The sandiest rock in the galaxy, here, beneath his feet, and Obi-Wan wishes there’d been an ending to the war, purely so that his Commander could have seen it.

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Yall orestes and pylades are cousins ������ -cousin...

antis getting upset over shipping cousins in ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY will never not be hilarious.

Yeah. And it’s peak Fake Woke to contribute to  making things harder for people from the often marginalized communities who practice cousin marriage irl. It’s contributing to stigma against them for no good reason except “my gut tells me so” -- well, our guts have shit for brains, folks.

It is a significant practice globally:

You’ll notice that if you take a global perspective, consanguinity is not rare at all. Of the 70 countries studied, only 18 have consanguineous relationships as less than 1 percent of all marriages. In five countries, more than 50 percent of all marriages are between people who are second cousins or closer, and in Burkina Faso, it’s estimated that two of every three marriages are consanguineous.

There are many reasons why marriages between relatives are favored in some parts of the world. Sociological studies have found that a relationship with a relative can be more stable because couples can maintain the same social relationships before and after marriage. Other reasons include health and financial security (the idea being that you’re more likely to keep secrets hidden from a stranger than a relative) and, for women, the chance to stay closer to their parents and have a better relationship with in-laws. High global prevalence is in itself a reason to study consanguinity — about 10.4 percent of the world’s population is married to a second cousin or closer, or is the product of such a union: That’s about 750 million people. [source]

In the UK there’s shitty Islamophobic/anti-immigrant discourse around it that hurts real people:

Despite legislative attempts to ensure an equitable health service, the practice of blaming minority ethnic communities for their own ill health persists, with damaging effect. Its vociferous manifestation is reflected in media coverage of the protracted ‘cousin marriage and genetics’ debate, with headlines such as ‘Call to end cousins marrying’ and ‘Muslim inbreeding in Britain causes massive surge in birth defects.’ Members of Parliament (including a government minister, Phil Woolas) with limited knowledge of this complex health issue have audaciously fuelled this public debate, advocating a solution that would require individuals to alter who they choose as life partners, based solely on population statistics about genetic risk [source]

A lot of the way it’s discussed in the US is deeply classist.

Tumblr antis: so Woke they’re indistinguishable from anti-immigrant conservatives and classists!

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And I agree about how Ham's tone would have been to Eliza very different.  But I think if she was in love with him, it also would've been awful for her to receive those (i mean, she would've loved it but it would not have been healthy for her).  I don't know if she could've ever moved on if he kept relying on her.  And I don't know if she would think he loved her back somehow, but I think it would've kept her loving him.

P.S. i think in a modern setting, i kind of equate ham/angelica with the Clintons.  Great political team!! Not the ideal marriage.  Whereas, I sometimes see Ham and Eliza as the Obamas (though if Barack ever did to Michelle what Ham did to Eliza I will NOT BE OK).  Good marriage.  She supports his ambitions.  But she has her own thing going on too.

itsagutthing: I agree with all of this! I think Angelica and ham would have had a fundamentally unhealthy relationship long-term. I think she would've pushed him really hard to be better no matter the cost and that's not always what a good spouse should do. I love the pining and flirty letters but to me it seems like something that's only fun because ham/Angelica can't be together for real

Angelica even says in satisfied '...as I romanticize what might've been if I hadn't sized him up so quickly,' which indicates to me that she knows they wouldn't have been happy together because they're both unable to be truly satisfied with their work/lives

tutgotten: they would have been such a power couple... I don't think it would be necessarily less healthy, just different. Less domestic bliss with 8+ kids and more clever politicking. Ham would probably still fuck up. Maybe Angelica would fuck up too? imagine he cheats with Maria and she cheats with Thomas what a mess

way to come through smart friends i love you

but i agree with @tutgotten i think that ham and angelica would be DIFFERENT with different good and bad. her being more involved with political stuff might have been pressure in some ways but also having another voice that he would take as seriously as hers and a partner when he’s doing shit like i don’t know, destroying his career???? to be like hey don’t fucking do that might have been helpful. on the other hand i think that they could enable each other and that he might have pushed himself harder without someone there to be a counterweight in that way.

i still think they would have loved each other a lot!!!! A LOT!!!!!!!! idk about ham as much, but i totally agree that the NOT having of him makes her romanticize what might have been. she probably would have been disappointed to realize that she still isn’t satisfied -- she has her “”””soulmate””” or whatever, why isn’t she happy? -- but i don’t think that her being so ANGELICA in her time and situation could ever really fulfill her, my poor angel.

I just find ‘little kitten’ cuter than kitty… also my impression was that the subs toned down the flirtation sometimes. like that scene where he’s pretending to be in the shower? for some reason the gifsets just had her babbling fairly innocuously but in french she straight up babbled about him not needing clothes to come out or something, i forget exactly what she said, but in general i thought the english fans are just not getting the full experience here.

I watched nearly all of the episodes in English, and then the ones I hadn’t seen in English in French, and then a few of the episodes I had seen in English in French, so I suppose my viewing experience is a bit of a mixed bag!

Some of the French nicknames are very much sweeter, I’ll grant you that. They’re shorter to say so they fit the animation better than the longer translations into English. And I do twitch a little at ‘evilise’/’de-evilise’ every episode; I think the French phrasing of ‘turn their heart dark’ sounds a lot less dorky. (But then I kind of forgive a lot of dorkiness bc I’m watching two teenagers run around Paris dressed as a black cat and a ladybird fighting enemies dressed as evil weathergirls/pigeons/etc. Bless the superhero genre.)

The English episode definitely had her babbling that no, Adrien couldn’t put on clothes before coming out of the shower/bathroom, wait, yes he could... I don’t know about the subs on the French; I don’t remember.

in the french version she calls him KITTEN